Folding or cabinet bedstead



(No Model.)

S. S. BURR. Folding 01 Cabinet Bedvstea'd. No. 230,105.

Patented July 20,1880.

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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SANFORD S. BURR, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FOLDING OR CABINET BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 230,105, dated July 20,1880.

Application filed May I9, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SANFORD S. BURR, ofChicago, Cook county, in the State of Illinois, have in vented certainnew and useful Improvements in Folding or Cabinet Bedsteads, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention has reference to that kind of .folding bedsteads in whichthere is combined the bedstead, so that it may be lifted off whenever itis desired to unfold the bedstead. This is objectionable for severalreasons. It must be lifted off or put on each time the bed is unfoldedor folded, and, being separate from the bedstead, it is liable to becomemislaid or damaged and is in the way. To remedy this I now make the topa part of the frame or case and hinge it to that part of the frame whichforms the head-board when the bed is unfolded, and I so arrange it thatit will, when the bed is unfolded, drop down toform a part of thehead-board, an opening in that portion of the frame being formed whichat this time is filled by the cover. The cover is lifted when the bed isabout to be folded up, and constitutes then a cover for the upper endsof the bedsections, and the place left vacant by it in the head-boardpart of the frame or case constitutes a ventilating-opening.

The nature of my improvement will be readily understood by reference tothe accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view ofthe bedstead folded up. Fig. 2 is a like view of the same unfolded. Fig.3 is a transverse vertical section through the head-board part of thestructure, showing. the hinged cover or top in two positions.

The case or frame is shown at A and the two sections of the bed-frame atB O, the inner section pivoted to the case at a and the two sectionshinged together at b. These parts are described in my aforesaid LettersPatent, and require no further description here.

The back A of the frame or case A constitutes the head-board, and to itis attached, by hinges c, at the proper elevation to constitute a coverfor the ends of the bed-sections when the bedstead is folded up, the topboard or cover D. In the head-board is formed at this point an opening,01, of proper size to receive the cover D when the latter is allowed todrop. The cover is of size to permit it to pass between the side postsof the case A, and when it drops it enters and fills snugly the openingd, as indicated in Fig. 2 and by dotted lines in Fig. 3. When lifted itconstitutes a cover for the upper ends of the bed-sections, the opening61 being in this case unfilled and serving as a ventilating-passage.

If it is desired to unfold the bed, the parts being in the positionindicated in Fig. 1, the cover or top board, D, is first raised orturned up on its hinges far enough to permit the bed to be turned downon its pivots a, and it (the cover) is then allowed to drop, passingbetween the posts of the case and entering and filling the opening 01 inthe head-board.

By this arrangement I dispose of the cover in the most convenient way,making it a part of the structure. I obtain a head-board which, whilepresenting a practically unbroken surface when the bed is lowered, isopen for purposes of ventilation when the bed is folded up, and Ieconomize material and save expense of construction.

Having described my improvement, what'I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

The combination, with the folding bedstead and the case provided in itshead-board portion with an opening, as described, of a top board hingedto said head-board portion at the upper part of the said openingtherein, and arranged and operating, substantially as set forth, tocover the upper ends of the bed-sections when the bed is folded and todrop down and cover or fill the head-board opening when the bed islowered.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 28th day of April,1880.

SANFORD S. BUBR.

Witnesses F. E. GARsLEY, I J. SPEYER.

